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Chapter 126 0125 Jade cannot be made into anything without polishing (Subscription Request)

Before Master Li's eyes had finished taking in the shocking details hidden in the president's office, Chen Jue had already asked an iron puppet to bring over the large lychee-shaped jade ball.

Of course, after seeing the white and green jade material, Shi Xinlong and Master Li both stood up involuntarily.

"So beautiful! This material!"

“It’s even more beautiful than in the video!”

Shi Xinlong walked around the material, holding a professional small flashlight in his hand to illuminate some of its details.

Master Li beside him was also observing with a flashlight. Finally, he followed the lines on the material and pointed to the green area on the upper part of the spherical material and said, "Boss Shi, Boss Chen! This area is full of bean green color bands! It is very suitable for carving."

As he spoke, Master Li took out his cell phone, opened a few photos of his similar jade carvings that had won gold medals in the past and showed them to Chen Jue.

As the saying goes, jade cannot be made into a useful object without being carved.

Before being carefully carved and cleaned, this spherical jade material was slightly better than ordinary stone in Chen Jue's eyes.

Especially the unpolished jade materials have a rough frosted texture.

But after looking at the finished jade carvings in the photos, Chen Jue suddenly showed some interest: "This kind of white and green bean-type jade is used to carve cabbages?"

Shi Xinlong explained, "Brother Chen, this piece of material is most suitable for carving cabbage! Cabbage symbolizes wealth and is an enduring theme for jade carving. It has always been the most vivid in jade carving art, and is more down-to-earth than carvings of Buddha or Bodhisattva."

"What's more, vegetable prices have risen so sharply recently, and have been on the hot search list several times. Placing a jade cabbage in the store can also calm the feng shui."

(National Treasure: Jade Cabbage)

After reading it, Chen Jue's heart suddenly moved.

He himself made his fortune by farming and selling vegetables, and he cares more about the price of vegetables than anyone else.

The rising vegetable prices mentioned by Shi Xinlong have become a hot topic and have been frequently seen on the Internet recently.

Because of the flooding in various places in July, large vegetable growers and vegetable planting areas were affected, affecting the production of cabbage and bok choy in various places.

This is why migrant workers, who are already living a tight life, keep complaining online: "Wages are not rising, but vegetable prices are rising every day!"

It seems that this first piece of jade dug from Myanmar is really destined to be with him.

“How long will it take to carve such a large piece of jade cabbage into a finished product?” Chen Jue’s eyes turned and he began to be tempted and no longer wanted to sell it.

It just so happens that the president's office seems a bit empty, so I might as well carve a cabbage and put it there for my own enjoyment.

If all else fails, once the old farmer's "Cube Agricultural Technology Company" is built, it would be appropriate to use this jade cabbage ornament as a feng shui item at the entrance of the company.

As for selling at a discount, it is really insignificant considering Chen Jue's current daily soybean cash flow of more than 50 million.

At this time, Master Li introduced: "Mr. Chen, your material weighs at least a thousand pounds. It will take at least three months for an ordinary worker to carve it. If you change to a master carver, it will take at least one or two years to produce a finished product."

"So slow?" Chen Jue frowned when he heard that.

Shi Xinlong laughed: "Brother Chen, this is called slow work and fine work! Many good jade carvings require a long time to conceive and compose, and then let the master cut. Your piece of material is so big, it will definitely take a long time to carve out the best."

What the boss of Xinlong Jewelry Store meant was that young people like Chen Jue were impatient and could not wait that long for the carving process.

If it really doesn't work, just cede the material to him and the price can be negotiated.

"Then Brother Shi, take a look at this, how much is this piece of my material worth?" Chen Jue asked curiously.

This was the first piece of jade he dug out from the ground in Myanmar.

Although the place where this material was dug has not yet reached the real high-quality mining area, Chen Jue will not be reluctant to sell it if it can be sold at a certain high price.

After all, with the rapid digging ability of the MC [Pickaxe] and the iron golems' working efficiency day and night, Chen Jue was confident that he would be able to find more similar or even higher-quality materials.

Seeing Chen Jue asking for the price, Shi Xinlong thought for a moment and reported truthfully: "A few years ago, the environment was good, and the valuation given by the collectors was higher. Now... ornaments like this are worth about four or five thousand yuan per kilogram at most."

When Chen Jue heard the price, he immediately asked the iron golem to bring a high-precision electronic scale from downstairs. After weighing it, the whole piece of bean-type jade weighed 1326.45 kilograms, nearly 1 ton.

Compared with the raw material with skin when it was first unearthed, its weight is at least half less.

"Probably less than 1 million each?"

Chen Jue pressed the calculator and felt that the price was too low and there was no need to sell it.

"That's about right! This is the most you can give me. If it's the glutinous variety with more green color, the price can be higher." Shi Xinlong nodded, and seeing that Chen Jue was thinking, he didn't say anything more.

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After a few minutes, Chen Jue decided not to sell this material anymore.

He planned to keep it and carve it himself, making it into a commemorative collection.

After all, considering his current income, he wouldn't be short of 18 million in cash.

Instead of selling it for cash, it is better to keep it and carve it carefully to make the jade cabbage you like.

"Since Brother Chen is not reluctant to give it up, I won't force him. But for material like this, Brother Chen's better to find a professional master craftsman. There are a few masters in China who specialize in carving cabbages. I can help introduce them to them." Shi Xinlong knew that he would return empty-handed, so he didn't regret coming here this time.

After all, it is rare to meet such a young boss with strong financial strength. Making friends with him will be helpful for your future business.

"Then I'll trouble Brother Shi to recommend one for me! Next time if my clients have such materials to pay off their debts, I will definitely contact you, Brother Shi, the first time." Chen Jue said politely with a smile.

Before getting up to see off the two jewelry industry insiders, Chen Jue went to the collection display stand in his office and took out two small gift boxes made of golden nanmu as souvenirs.

These gift boxes contain either golden nanmu bracelets or hand-held items such as Wu Shi Pai and shoe horns.

He had a batch of processed wood in his warehouse, which would be perfect to give away.

"Will there be such big stuff in the future?"

Shi Xinlong was also stunned when he heard this.

When he took another look at the dazzling golden gift box in his hand, he immediately realized that he had underestimated the young Mr. Chen.

Since they can use such fine golden nanmu wood as payment, why can't they use jade?
In this case, Shi Xinlong imagined that Chen Jue was most likely to have connections in the jade producing area of ​​Myanmar, which overlaps with the production area of ​​golden nanmu.

And the route is extremely rough!
Otherwise, how could they come up with a piece like this that has never appeared in any jade public auction?

Even in the entire high-quality jade circle, no one has ever heard of such beautiful material for ornaments.

Because the circulation market for high-end jade is very small and there are few people involved in it, basically everyone knows who has which piece of material.

After all, public jade auctions for jade trading are only held 2 to 4 times a year, but whenever jade materials worth tens of millions appear, rumors will already be flying all over the place!

Only the collections hoarded by the Burmese warlords are unknown to outsiders.

Thinking of this, Shi Xinlong became even more terrified.

How powerful must one be to be able to deal with the warlords over there?
"It seems that I have to spend more time with this Brother Chen in the future."

“Look at how generous their business is! They can give away solid wood hand-held pieces of golden nanmu worth thousands or tens of thousands on the market as gifts. With the level of influence our Xinlong Jewelry has, we probably aren’t even worthy of carrying their shoes.” After imagining Chen Jue’s background, Shi Xinlong got into the car carrying the souvenirs.

Before leaving, he did not forget to look back at the Rubik's Cube factory standing at the estuary.

He felt that being invited here really broadened his horizons!
As for Chen Jue, after seeing off Boss Shi, he immediately threw the jade in his hand to an iron puppet in the workshop.

Then he opened his status bar and took a look at the densely packed [Skin Library].

Sure enough, a brand new [Jade Carving Master: Level 1/Senior Technician] professional skin has been automatically updated at this moment.

First update today~
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